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of radioactive and other hazardous materials now and in the future.
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Current Activities
EPA PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT WIPP EXPANSION: AUGUST 26TH IN CARLSBAD AND AUGUST
28TH IN SANTA FE
August 8th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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The Department of Energy (DOE) wants to expand its operations at the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for plutonium-contaminated waste from the
fabrication of nuclear weapons. In March, DOE submitted a Planned Change
Request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking permission to mine
and operate two underground disposal panels in the WIPP underground disposal
facility. EPA wants to hear from you and is hosting public meetings in Carlsbad
and Santa Fe the week of August 26th.
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp-news#WIPP-PCR
EPA has one of two ways to decide whether to grant permission. One is through
an internal administrative process. The second is through a legal rulemaking
that allows the public to present legal challenges to the decision. A full
rulemaking and a comprehensive review of the risks from DOE’s proposed changes
is the only way to ensure nuclear safety.
Further, DOE wants to significantly expand the WIPP underground with Panels 11
and 12 and eventually mine seven additional panels – Panels 13 through 19 – to
bring new types of waste to WIPP, including surplus plutonium. As a result EPA
requested additional scientific data and information about how seven new panels
and new types of waste would affect WIPP’s ability to contain the waste for
10,000 years.
To help you prepare public comments, the Stop Forever WIPP Coalition is hosting
a virtual educational webinar on Wednesday, August 21st from 6 to 8 pm. Don
Hancock, the Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center Nuclear
Waste Program http://sric.org/ , and Doug Meiklejohn, the Water Quality and Land
Restoration Advocate at Conservation Voters of New Mexico https://cvnm.org/ ,
will present about the DOE Planned Change Request, EPA’s decision making
process, and how you can help stop WIPP expansion. Zoom registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdu2urzovG9HUHimFBKcTho4p_amGvt8L#/registration
The informational webinar will prepare you to provide public comments at the
in-person and virtual EPA meeting on Monday, August 26th from 2 to 4 pm at the
DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office, 4021 National Parks Highway. Zoom registration
link:
https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdeiqrTwpHUkjZ1z_djiz7fqgYMDqcc8
On Wednesday, August 28th from 1 to 3 pm in Santa Fe, EPA will host an in-person
and virtual technical meeting among experts about planned changed request. The
public is invited to observe. Zoom registration link:
https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdOyqqjosG2w3uwOoOk4UNSxZwyXxE2s
From 6 to 8 pm EPA will host an in-person and virtual public meeting and receive
comments about DOE’s Planned Change Request.
https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdumqrzIvHZWmhyQ_Jh7EBe1EcgTmi5Y
Both Santa Fe meetings will take place in the Canyon Ballroom at the Hilton
Santa Fe-Historic Plaza, 100 Sandoval Street.
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1. Friday, August 9th at 11 am on the Santa Fe Plaza – A Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Commemoration Event with speakers and songs by the Raging Grannies. Join in
on the singing.
At 11:45 am we’ll walk to the intersection of West Alameda and Sandoval for the
weekly one-hour peaceful protest for nuclear disarmament. Bring your flags,
signs and banners. Join the weekly peaceful protest with Veterans for Peace,
CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi
and others.
2. Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th – NM Water Quality Control
Commission public hearing about reuse of fracking “produced water” waste
continues. https://www.defendnmwater.org/
Tuesday, August 6th through Friday, August 9th: public comment from 9 to 10 am
and 1 to 2 pm.
For more information:
NOTICE OF CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSED WATER
REUSE REGULATIONS, GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PROTECTION – SUPPLEMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER REUSE (20.6.8 NMAC)
The Public Hearing for proposed supplemental water reuse regulations will
continue in-person in Room 322 at the New Mexico State Capitol, 411 S. Capitol
Street, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and via the WebEx video conferencing platform
beginning on Monday, August 5, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
and continuing as necessary. Detailed information concerning the time and
location can be found on the New Mexico Environment Department’s (“NMED’s”)
Event Calendar at
https://www.env.nm.gov/events-calendar/ . Please visit the WQCC website prior to
the hearing for any updates at
https://www.env.nm.gov/opf/water-quality-control-commission/.
3. Thursday, August 8th from 5:30 to 7 pm – New Mexico Environment Department
virtual public meeting about its nomination of certain surface waters of New
Mexico as Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRWs). Opportunities to ask
questions and provide comments.
The draft nomination, amended regulatory language, and additional information
are available on the NMED website
(https://www.env.nm.gov/surface-water-quality/2024onrw/). The SWQB is holding a
public comment period on the nomination and amended regulatory language through
August 19, 2024, at 5:00 PM MDT. If you have any questions or to submit
comments, please contact Michael Baca, WQS Coordinator, NMED SWQB, P.O. Box
5469, Santa Fe, NM, 87502, michael.baca1@env.nm.gov or (505) 470-1652.
4. Tuesday, August 13th by 5 pm MT – Comments about the Second Five-Year Report
about the DOE/Sandia Mixed Waste Landfill. For information about the
hazards, leaks and threats of not removing the waste from the unlined Mixed
Waste Landfill (MWL), visit the Citizen Action New Mexico website at:
https://www.radfreenm.org/index.php
To review the public notice and administrative information about the MWL, go to
the New Mexico Environment Department:
https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/snl-mwl-2/
In your comments, provide your name and address and reference: SNL – MWL Second
Five-Year Report, December 2023.
Submit them to:
Neelam Dhawan, Acting Program Manager
NMED – Hazardous Waste Bureau
2905 rodeo Park Drive East, Bldg. 1
Santa Fe, NM 87505-6303
Email: neelam.dhawan@env.nm.gov
Phone: 505-476-6000
Thank you!
5. Wednesday, August 14th from 7 am to 2 pm MT – Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board (DNFSB) – Observe the public hearing focused on aging safety
infrastructure. This public hearing will benchmark best practices in the
management of aging safety infrastructure to inform the development of
potential safety improvements to the DOE’s programs. The hearing will
explore insights and experience from the NRC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
NASA, GAO and American Nuclear Society.
https://www.dnfsb.gov/aging-infrastructure-management
The hearing will be accessible via live stream through the website at
www.dnfsb.gov. The DNFSB will accept written statements, which can be submitted
to hearing@dnfsb.gov.
JOIN US ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH AT 11 AM FOR A HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
COMMEMORATION EVENT ON THE SANTA FE PLAZA
August 1st, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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All are welcome to join the Veterans For Peace, New Mexico PeaceFests and
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety on Friday, August 9th at 11 am on the
Santa Fe Plaza to commemorate the events leading up to the U.S. bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in early August 1945.
Near the end of World War II, on August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped a
uranium atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first use of an atomic
weapon in war. Its codename was “Little Boy.” It is estimated that between
90,000 and 140,000 people in Hiroshima died, the majority were civilians.
Three days later, on August 9th, 1945, the United States dropped a plutonium
atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan with the codename “Fat Man.” An estimated 60,000
to 80,000 people in Nagasaki were killed, including residents, undocumented
foreign workers and military personnel.
The magnitude of death, horror and agony from the bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki showed the world that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
At 11 am on the Santa Fe Plaza, we will come together to sing songs of peace and
against nuclear weapons, to honor the victims and survivors of nuclear bombs
development, testing and use around the world. We will vow to never allow
another nuclear atrocity.
At 11:45 am we’ll walk to the intersection of West Alameda and Sandoval for the
weekly peaceful protest, which lasts until 1 pm. We’ll display the Veterans for
Peace flags, our banners that read, “Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal,” “A World
Without Nuclear Weapons,” and banners with the words of the Pope about nuclear
weapons being immoral. We’ll also display the Plutonium Caravan banner and
signs that state that the nuclear weapons ban treaty, or the Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, is now in force.
It has been 79 years since those atrocities occurred. Now some world leaders
are saying the silent part out loud and urging the use of nuclear weapons to
resolve conflicts.
Please join us on the Plaza and at the intersection of West Alameda and Sandoval
as we work together for peace in this world.
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1. Friday, August 2nd at noon to 1 pm – Join the weekly peaceful protest for
nuclear disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown
Santa Fe with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community,
New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. New Mexico Water Planning Open Houses sponsored by the Office of the State
Engineer, Interstate Stream Commission. For more information about how to
help establish a roadmap for the future water planning in New Mexico:
https://mainstreamnm.org/
Mon. August 5 – Region 6 – Northwest New Mexico
Tues. August 6 – Region 2 – San Juan
Wed. August 7 – Region 12 – Middle Rio Grande
3. Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th – NM Water Quality Control
Commission public hearing about reuse of fracking “produced water” waste
continues. https://www.defendnmwater.org/ Justin Noble, author of Petroleum
238, will testify on Tuesday, August 6th.
Monday, August 5th: public comment from 1 to 2 pm and 5 to 6 pm
Tuesday, August 6th through Friday, August 9th: public comment from 9 to 10 am
and 1 to 2 pm.
For more information:
NOTICE OF CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSED WATER
REUSE REGULATIONS, GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PROTECTION – SUPPLEMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER REUSE (20.6.8 NMAC)
The Public Hearing for proposed supplemental water reuse regulations will
continue in-person in Room 322 at the New Mexico State Capitol, 411 S. Capitol
Street, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and via the WebEx video conferencing platform
beginning on Monday, August 5, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
and continuing as necessary. Detailed information concerning the time and
location can be found on the New Mexico Environment Department’s (“NMED’s”)
Event Calendar at
https://www.env.nm.gov/events-calendar/ . Please visit the WQCC website prior to
the hearing for any updates at
https://www.env.nm.gov/opf/water-quality-control-commission/.
4. Tuesday, August 6th – Back from the Brink events. For more information:
https://preventnuclearwar.org/
2024 Nuclear Prayer Day for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons on the 79th
anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan): Reflection, Hope
and Action. https://www.voices-uri.org/nuclear-prayer-day
From Trinity to Nagasaki: Honor Victims with Action this Summer.
https://preventnuclearwar.org/from-trinity-to-nagasaki-honor-victims-with-action-this-summer/
5. Tuesday, August 6th at 5 pm MT – Nuclear Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? –
a virtual presentation by Dr. Gordon Edwards, President of the Canadian
Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR), about the dangerous flaws
inherent in Canada’s proposed deep geological repository for storing
high-level nuclear waste…forever. To register for the Seniors for Climate
Action NOW! presentation, go to Nuclear Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
6. Thursday, August 8th from 5:30 to 7 pm – New Mexico Environment Department
virtual public meeting about its nomination of certain surface waters of New
Mexico as Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRWs). Opportunities to ask
questions and provide comments.
The draft nomination, amended regulatory language, and additional information
are available on the NMED website
(https://www.env.nm.gov/surface-water-quality/2024onrw/). The SWQB is holding a
public comment period on the nomination and amended regulatory language through
August 19, 2024, at 5:00 PM MDT.
If you have any questions or to submit comments, please contact Michael Baca,
WQS Coordinator, NMED SWQB, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM, 87502,
michael.baca1@env.nm.gov or (505) 470-1652.
7. Monday, August 26th from 2 to 4 pm – EPA meeting about DOE’s Planned Change
Request for WIPP Replacement Panels 11 and 12. Meeting location: S.
Department of Energy, Carlsbad Field Office, Skeen-Whitlock Building, Main
Auditorium, 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM.
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp-news#WIPP-PCR
8. Wednesday, August 28th from 1 to 3 pm (technical meeting) and from 6 to 8 pm
public meetings about DOE’s Planned Change Request for WIPP Replacement
Panels 11 and 12. Meeting location: Hilton Santa Fe-Historic Plaza, 100
Sandoval Street, Canyon Ballroom, Santa Fe, NM.
BACKGROUND ON WIPP PLANNED CHANGE REQUEST: REPLACEMENT PANELS 11 AND 12
On March 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency received the U.S.
Department of Energy’s (DOE) letter transmitting its Planned Change Request
(PCR) for the use of Replacement Panels 11 and 12 in the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant (WIPP). This PCR serves as an official request from DOE for EPA approval,
as outlined in the Agency’s WIPP Compliance Criteria (40 CFR Part 194).
The 2014 incident at WIPP and its subsequent impacts at the facility resulted in
a loss of underground disposal capacity, mainly due to closures in the southern
portion of the repository. With this submittal, DOE is proposing to add
replacement panels 11 and 12 to recover the lost disposal capacity of
approximately two panels. These panels were previously approved by the New
Mexico Environment Department (NMED) under their hazardous waste permit in
October 2023.
The Agency is currently reviewing and evaluating the PCR and supporting
documentation, both for completeness and technical adequacy. EPA is reviewing
the Performance Assessment (PA) calculations included with the DOE request.
EPA’s decision on the DOE request will be made based on whether the submitted
information indicates that the WIPP will remain in compliance with EPA’s
radioactive waste disposal standards (40 CFR Part 191) with the inclusion of
replacement panels 11 and 12. https://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp-news#WIPP-PCR
Public comments due on September 16, 2024.
ARCHBISHOP WESTER’S STATEMENT TO THE DOE, NNSA AND EM AT JULY 22ND TOWN HALL
July 25th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester wrote a statement for last Monday’s Town Hall
concerning plutonium pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
hosted by National Nuclear Security Administrator Jill Hruby and the Department
of Energy (DOE) Senior Advisor of the Office of Environmental Management,
Candice Robertson. Jay Coghlan, of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, read the
Archbishop’s statement aloud. https://nukewatch.org/
The Buffalo Thunder event drew over 500 people in person and online, possibly
more than attended the Town Hall held at the Santa Fe Community Convention
Center on April 4, 2023.
http://nuclearactive.org/nnsa-and-doe-officials-will-be-in-santa-fe-on-tuesday-april-4th-to-answer-your-questions/
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I’m John C. Wester, the Catholic Archbishop
of Santa Fe. I regret that I can’t attend this meeting in person. Nuclear
weapons were invented here in my Archdiocese. Therefore, I feel a special
responsibility to address humanity’s most urgent threat.
“Nuclear disarmament is a right to life issue. No other issue can cause the
immediate collapse of civilization. In January 2022 I wrote a pastoral letter in
which I traced the Vatican’s evolution from its uneasy conditional acceptance of
so-called deterrence to Pope Francis’ declaration that the very possession of
nuclear weapons is immoral.
https://archdiosf.org/living-in-the-light-of-christs-peace
“Therefore, what does this say about expanded plutonium pit production at the
Los Alamos Lab? And what does it say about the obscene amounts of money that are
being thrown at pit production, often excused as job creation?
“What does this say about the fact that the [NNSA] is pursuing expanded pit
production without providing the public the opportunity to review and comment as
required by the National Environmental Policy Act? I specifically call upon NNSA
to complete a new LANL Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement.
“In two weeks, I travel to Japan for the 79th atomic bombing anniversaries. The
bishops of Santa Fe, Seattle, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have a simple message for
world leaders. You utterly failed to begin serious negotiations as required by
the 1970 NonProliferation Treaty. In this era, you must demonstrate concrete
steps toward multilateral, verifiable nuclear disarmament by the 80th bombing
anniversaries a year from now.
http://nuclearactive.org/four-archbishops-urge-g7-leaders-to-undertake-concrete-steps-toward-nuclear-disarmament/
“I have a simple message for NNSA and the nuclear weapons labs. You’re very good
at creating them. Now show us how smart you are by demonstrating how to get rid
of nuclear weapons. Stop this new arms race that threatens all of civilization.
Let’s preserve humanity’s potential to manifest God’s divine love toward all
beings.
“Yours in Christ’s love,
“John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe”
For more information:
La Jicarita: The NNSA and DOE get an ear full from the anti-nuke community
(July 24, 2024).
https://lajicarita.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/the-nnsa-and-doe-get-an-ear-full-from-the-anti-nuke-community/
Santa Fe Reporter: Advocates Pass on Plutonium: New Mexicans speak out against
proposed LANL pit production at town hall (July 24, 2024).
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2024/07/24/advocates-pass-on-plutonium/
Be sure to watch the Friday, August 2, 2024 episode of New Mexico In Focus, KNME
PBS with Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center, and Myrriah
Gomez, Ph.D., author of “Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of
the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos” as they discuss the July 22,
2024 town hall with host Megan Kamerick. https://www.newmexicopbs.org/ at 7 pm
Mountain Time.
LANL Town Hall: A town hall held on July 22, 2024 by NSA and OEM on the
operation of Los Alamos National Laboratories and the cleanup of nuclear waste
at the site. https://www.culturalenergy.org/listenlinks.htm#jul2024
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1. Friday, July 26th at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New
Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. Thursday, July 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Mountain Time – LANL Environmental
Management Sampling & Cleanup Forum. Virtual and in-person event. The focus
will be how sampling informs cleanup.
In person: SALA Event Center, 2551 Central Ave., Los Alamos.
Virtual: via Microsoft Teams.
For meeting details, including login information and agenda, visit:
https://n3b-la.com/emcf_jul_25_2024/
3. Saturday, July 27th from 3 to 7 pm Mountain Time – Peacestock ’24 – Settler
Colonialism: Then…and Now, in-person and via Zoom, hosted by Veterans for
Peace Chapter 27 and Women Against Military Madness. Register for the Zoom
at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84063977445
https://allevents.in/minneapolis/peacestock-24-settler-colonialism-thenand-now/200026813116051
4. Tuesday, July 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm – WIPP Community Forum & Open House.
In person at Skeen-Whitlock Building Auditorium, 4021 National Parks
Highway, Carlsbad, NM and virtually.
Agenda: DOE will provide an update on WIPP and the required Legacy TRU Waste
Disposal Plan under the NM Environment Department Hazardous Waste Permit for
WIPP. Following the updates, an extended question and answer period will be
held.
An open house is scheduled following the meeting to allow stakeholders to spend
one-on-one time with the WIPP Leadership Team.
https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20240624.asp
5. New Mexico Water Planning Open Houses sponsored by the Office of the State
Engineer, Interstate Stream Commission. For more information about how to
help establish a roadmap for the future water planning in New Mexico:
https://mainstreamnm.org/
Mon. August 5 – Region 6 – Northwest New Mexico
Tues. August 6 – Region 2 – San Juan
Wed. August 7 – Region 12 – Middle Rio Grande
6. Tuesday, August 6th – Back from the Brink events:
2024 Nuclear Prayer Day for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons on the 79th
anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan): Reflection, Hope
and Action. https://www.voices-uri.org/nuclear-prayer-day
From Trinity to Nagasaki: Honor Victims with Action this Summer.
https://preventnuclearwar.org/from-trinity-to-nagasaki-honor-victims-with-action-this-summer/
7. Webinar and Transcript of July 15, 2024 CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING: Radioactive
Contamination of U.S. Food and Water and What Congress Can Do About It,
hosted by the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN).
For those who registered and were unable to attend, you can watch the full
webinar here. The transcript can be found here.
Take action on this crucial issue at the MoveOn (for signature) petition and FDA
Citizen Petition (for comment). You’ll find both here
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/keep-harmful-radioactive-1 . This can no
longer be status quo; FDA must act now!
EXPANSION OF LANL AND WIPP ARE MAJOR PUBLIC CONCERNS FOR MONDAY, JULY 22ND DOE
MEETING AT BUFFALO THUNDER RESORT
July 17th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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On Thursday, July 18th at 8 am Mountain Time, you will have an informative
opportunity to hear from two experts, Don Hancock and Myrriah Gómez, when they
discuss the major public concerns regarding the plans of the Department of
Energy (DOE) to expand operations at two of their facilities in New Mexico. (see
link BELOW to the recorded interview) Those sites are Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL) and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Host of KUNM-FM’s
Let’s Talk New Mexico show, Megan Kamerick will facilitate the conversation
about DOE’s plans to increase the number of nuclear weapons fabricated at LANL
resulting in more plutonium-contaminated nuclear waste destined for WIPP.
https://www.kunm.org/show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2024-07-12/nuclear-waste-wipp-lanl
Then on Monday, July 22nd from 6 to 7:30 pm, key officials from DOE’s National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Environmental Management
(EM) will make short presentations at their in person and virtual town hall.
The town hall will be held at the Buffalo Thunder Resort, located 13 miles north
of downtown Santa Fe on U.S. 84 / 285 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Pueblo
Ballroom on the second floor. Parking is available on the north side of the
building.
https://www.energy.gov/em/events/northern-new-mexico-town-hall-july-2024
NNSA Administrator, Jill Hruby, and EM Senior Advisor, Candice Robertson, will
host the town hall and be available to answer your questions.
To register, go to:
https://www.energy.gov/em/events/northern-new-mexico-town-hall-july-2024 You
also email your questions ahead of time. external.engagements@nnsa.doe.gov
It is essential that the federal agencies hear your concerns!
Your questions could include: What is the future of WIPP, which was supposed to
be a pilot project, and closed in March 2024? https://wipp.energy.gov/ How
much waste will be generated by the proposed increase during the fabrication of
plutonium pits, or the triggers, for nuclear weapons at LANL?
https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-science/2021-winter/pit-production-explained/
How long will WIPP remain open? DOE is saying WIPP would operate for 60 more
years, or at least until 2083, or essentially FOREVER.
In the 1970s through the 1990s, DOE promised the People of New Mexico that if
WIPP were opened, it would be able to cleanup and dispose of all the
plutonium-contaminated waste at its sites across the country, including LANL, in
25 years and then close. But that did not happen. DOE now claims WIPP must
stay open for at least six more decades to dispose of waste from LANL and other
sites.
There are many resources to help you develop your comments at
http://nuclearactive.org/ ; https://stopforeverwipp.org/ ; and
https://nukewatch.org/ .
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Let’s Talk NM: Let’s talk nuclear waste production and storage, by Megan
Kamerick.
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1. Friday, July 19th at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New
Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. Thursday, July 18th from 5 to 7 pm – KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility Project – KAFB
Groundwater Treatment System facility open house and site tours of the
facility. For additional information on this event, please contact 377th
Air Base Wing/Public Affairs at (505) 846-5991 or by email – pa@us.af.mil.
Also, community members may review Air Force Environmental Restoration Program
documents by visiting the Kirtland AFB website at
https://www.kirtland.af.mil/Home/Environment/ or the U.S. Air Force Civil
Engineer Center Administrative Record website at
http://afcec.publicadmin-record.us.afmil/Search.aspx
3. Water Planning Open Houses sponsored by the Office of the State Engineer,
Interstate Stream Commission. For more information about how to help
establish a roadmap for the future water planning in New Mexico:
https://mainstreamnm.org/
July 22 – Region 15 – Socorro – Sierra
July 23 – Region 4 – Southwest New Mexico
July 24 – Region 11 – Lower Rio Grande
August 5 – Region 6 – Northwest New Mexico
August 6 – Region 2 – San Juan
August 7 – Region 12 – Middle Rio Grande
4. Thursday, July 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Mountain Time – LANL Environmental
Management Sampling & Cleanup Forum. Virtual and in-person event. The focus
will be how sampling informs cleanup.
In person: SALA Event Center, 2551 Central Ave., Los Alamos.
Virtual: via Microsoft Teams.
For meeting details, including login information and agenda, visit:
https://n3b-la.com/emcf_jul_25_2024/
5. Tuesday, July 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm – WIPP Community Forum & Open House.
In person at Skeen-Whitlock Building Auditorium, 4021 National Parks
Highway, Carlsbad, NM and virtual event.
Agenda: DOE will provide an update on WIPP and the required Legacy TRU Waste
Disposal Plan under the NM Environment Department Hazardous Waste Permit for
WIPP. Following the updates, an extended question and answer period will be
held.
An open house is scheduled following the meeting to allow stakeholders to spend
one-on-one time with the WIPP Leadership Team
https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20240624.asp
DOE, NNSA AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HOST TOWN HALL AT BUFFALO
THUNDER MONDAY, JULY 22ND
July 11th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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A follow-up to the Department of Energy (DOE) town hall in April 2023 at the
Santa Fe Community Convention Center that nearly 500 people attended in-person
or virtually, will be held Monday, July 22nd from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at the Hilton
Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder, 13 miles north of downtown Santa Fe on U.S. 84 / 285.
http://nuclearactive.org/nnsa-and-doe-officials-will-be-in-santa-fe-on-tuesday-april-4th-to-answer-your-questions/,
and
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/Town%20Hall%20Flyer_WebFinal%20%282%29.pdf
The National Nuclear Security Administrator Jill Hruby
https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/person/jill-hruby and the DOE head of the Office of
Environment Management, Candice Robertson,
https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/em-announces-new-leadership-environmental-cleanup
will host this year’s town hall. You are invited to attend either in-person or
virtually. The virtual links will be available closer to the event. It is
essential that the federal agencies hear your concerns!
Our top concerns are the intricately linked expansion of nuclear weapons
production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the increase in
plutonium-contaminated waste for disposal Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
Both are DOE sites in New Mexico. As more information is revealed about the
very expensive expansion plans at both sites, it is clear that DOE’s proposed
doubling of the size of the WIPP underground disposal site is needed to support
the proposed expansion of nuclear weapons production at LANL – all to fuel a new
nuclear arms race.
In the 1970s through the 1990s, DOE promised the People of New Mexico that if
WIPP were opened, it would be able to cleanup and dispose of all the
plutonium-contaminated waste at its sites across the country in 25 years, and
then close in March 2024. But that did not happen because DOE now needs WIPP to
stay open until at least 2083 for disposal of waste produced at LANL. WIPP was
not designed to operate for at least 59 more years.
None of DOE’s plans present a responsible alternative. For example, they say
that over the next 50 years, nuclear weapons production will generate an
estimated 57,550 cubic meters of radioactive and hazardous waste. This volume
constitutes more than half of the estimated expansion capacity at WIPP and does
not account for LANL’s buried plutonium-contaminated waste from the last nuclear
arms race. DOE plans to keep that waste buried in unlined pits, trenches and
shafts in volcanic tuff, even though radioactive and hazardous contaminants have
been detected in the regional drinking water aquifer 1,000 feet below ground
surface.
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What we know about the Monday, July 22nd town hall:
* It will be held at Buffalo Thunder from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.
* Each commenter will have three minutes to make comments. For the 90-minute
town hall, fewer than 30 people will have the opportunity to speak.
* CCNS is checking whether there will be a link to submit written comments for
those who will not have any opportunity to speak.
* Details to attend virtually will be provided in upcoming print notices in
local publications and via email.
* Any additional questions regarding the town hall can be submitted in advance
to: external.engagements@nnsa.doe.gov.
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Some possible questions for Hruby and Robertson:
* * How much water will be needed for expanded pit production?
* Why is DOE/NNSA/LANL/EM resisting removing buried waste from the LANL
disposal pits, trenches and shafts?
* What emissions will be released into the air from LANL operations, along
the transportation routes, and at WIPP from expanded operations?
* What climate change analyses have been done for these extricably linked
operations in New Mexico?
* What efforts are being made to find other disposal sites in states other
than New Mexico?
* Why are DOE, NNSA, LANL and Env’l Management disregarding the commitments
made to New Mexicans for a 2024 closure of WIPP?
Please bring your questions to the virtual and in-person town hall. There are
many on-line resources to help you develop your comments at
http://nuclearactive.org/ ; StopForeverWIPP.org https://stopforeverwipp.org/ ;
and nukewatch.org https://nukewatch.org/home/
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1. Friday, July 12th at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New
Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. Thursday, July 11th in Taos, Friday, July 12th in Santa Fe, and Saturday,
July 13th in Albuquerque (see details below) – Justin Nobel speaks about his
new book Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret about how a powerful
industry spreads harm across the land and sickens the American people,
especially their very own workers.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/it-could-be-oil-field-waste-making-you-sick/
Why this is important to folks opposing nuclear weapons and power:
“With fossil fuels, essentially what you are doing is taking an underground
radioactive reservoir and bringing it up to the surface where it can interact
with people and the environment.”
“Almost all materials of interest and use to the petroleum industry contain
measurable quantities of radionuclides that reside finally in process equipment,
product streams, or waste.”
Readings:
Thursday July 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm in TAOS at at Somos, 108 Civic Plaza Drive.
Hosted by New Energy Economy and other groups.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlLVVxWcd5BubRQnV-Pjk6jISOnvAC8F/view?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a5c7eead-4b9c-46e9-a099-c1de1042c5e6
Friday July 12 at 6 pm: Book event at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo,
Santa Fe, NM, hosted by New Energy Economy, Center for Biological Diversity,
WildEarth Guardians, NM No False Solutions. Register for Zoom Event Here
Saturday July 13 at 4 pm: Book event at Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice,
202 Harvard Drive SE, hosted by New Energy Economy, Center for Biological
Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, NM No False Solutions. RSVP Here
3. Saturday, July 13th – 45th Annual Uranium Spill Commemoration – see last
week’s Update at
http://nuclearactive.org/july-13th-45th-annual-uranium-spill-commemoration-and-july-14th-archbishop-wester-hosts-commemoration-of-trinity-test/
4. Sunday, July 14th – Archbishop Wester Hosts Commemoration of Trinity Test –
see last week’s Update at
http://nuclearactive.org/july-13th-45th-annual-uranium-spill-commemoration-and-july-14th-archbishop-wester-hosts-commemoration-of-trinity-test/
5. Monday, July 15th at noon Mountain Time – zoom Congressional Briefing Notice
– Radioactive Contamination of US Food and Water, sponsored by the Fukushima
Fallout Awareness Network and others. Registration and additional
information: https://nislappdc.org/ffan-congressional-briefing/
You are invited to attend a groundbreaking webinar with Congress and leading
experts about an under-recognized but growing problem we need to confront.
6. Thursday, July 18th 5 to 7 pm – KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility Project – KAFB
Groundwater Treatment System facility open house and site tours of the
facility. For additional information on this event, please contact 377th
Air Base Wing/Public Affairs at (505) 846-5991 or by email – pa@us.af.mil.
Also, community members may review Air Force Environmental Restoration Program
documents by visiting the Kirtland AFB website at
https://www.kirtland.af.mil/Home/Environment/ or the U.S. Air Force Civil
Engineer Center Administrative Record website at
http://afcec.publicadmin-record.us.afmil/Search.aspx.
JULY 13TH – 45TH ANNUAL URANIUM SPILL COMMEMORATION AND JULY 14TH – ARCHBISHOP
WESTER HOSTS COMMEMORATION OF TRINITY TEST
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On July 16th in New Mexico, people commemorate two devastating events: the
first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Site in 1945 in south central New Mexico,
and the world’s largest uranium spill in 1979 when an earthen dam broke at the
United Nuclear Corporation’s uranium mill tailing pond, releasing 1,100 tons of
radioactive waste and 94 million gallons of radioactive water into the Rio
Puerco, which flowed to Sanders, Arizona. Both events left sick and dying
people, environmental destruction and still unresolved concerns today.
On Saturday, July 13th, the Red Water Pond Road Community
https://swuraniumimpacts.org/red-water-pond-road-community-association/ and the
Pipeline Road Community host the 45th Annual Uranium Spill Commemoration 12
miles north of the Red Rock State Park on Highway 566 from Churchrock, New
Mexico. The event begins at 6 am with an opening prayer and breakfast. At 7
am, registration begins and continues throughout the day. A walk to the site of
the uranium spill begins at 7:30 am and returns to the arbor. At 10 am,
speakers and discussion under the arbor begins. At 1 pm lunch is served and at 2
pm a closing prayer is said. All day long, a silent auction, a kid’s corner,
and educational booths will be active. To the first 150 people in attendance, a
free t-shirt will be offered. Please bring your chairs, tents or umbrellas.
The Community invites you to take action and walk with them. For more
information and to RSVP, email jlnez@yahoo.com.
On Sunday, July 14th, the Archbishop of Santa Fe John Wester and interfaith
leaders commemorate the 79th year since the Trinity test at the St. John XXIII
Catholic Community at 4831 Tramway Ridge Drive Northeast in Albuquerque. The
program includes an interfaith prayer service for peace led by Archbishop
Wester. Speakers include local and special national guests on topics ranging
from the impacts of nuclear testing, youth engagement in concern for the
environment, and the role of hope and faith as we face growing nuclear threats.
https://archdiosf.org/documents/2024/6/240612_PR_TrinityCommemoration.pdf
All are welcome to attend. The event is free and live-streamed. Doors open at
2 pm Mountain Time. Registration for both in-person and live stream is
encouraged at https://form.jotform.com/241400030658141
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1. Friday, July 5th at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New
Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. Veterans for Peace and the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working Group – the June
20th webinar Nuclear Power and Weapons in a Time of Rising Tension was
recorded and accessible here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oedv9hlsNIk
400 registered; but the zoom admitted 100. Guest speakers: William
Hartung, Arms Industry Expert; Linda Pentz-Gunter, Beyond Nuclear; and Greg
Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.
3. Tuesday, July 9th at 6 pm Mountain Time – Debunking Deterrence Theory and
Pursuing Global Nuclear Disarmament webinar hosted by Peace Action Education
Fund. Guest speakers: Tadatoshi (Tad) Akiba, former Mayor of Hiroshima,
Japan; Professor Elaine Scarry, Harvard University, author of Thermonuclear
Monarchy: Choosing between Democracy and Doom; Jackie Cabasso, Western
States Legal Foundation, United for Peace and Justice, Mayors for Peace;
Emma Claire Foley, Defuse Nuclear War and Roots Action. Moderators: Kevin
Martin, Peace Action Education Fund, and Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace,
Disarmament and Common Security.
From the email invitation: For too long, deterrence theory has been used as the
legitimizing foundation for US and global nuclear weapons policy. Deterrence is
rarely examined, let alone questioned, but it is often waved around like some
verbal magic wand to justify extremely dangerous and exorbitant policies that
threaten life on Earth. Our speakers will examine the very frightening flaws of
deterrence theory that have too often brought humanity to the brink of
extinction, and offer practical strategies and tactics to replace it, and to
advance the cause of global nuclear disarmament.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dVSI9r7FTX6R9_BUBCt0Mg#/registration
4. Thursday, July 11th in Taos, Friday, July 12th in Santa Fe, and Saturday,
July 13th in Albuquerque (see below for details) – Justin Nobel speaks about
his new book Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret about how a powerful
industry spreads harm across the land and sickens the American people,
especially their very own workers.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/it-could-be-oil-field-waste-making-you-sick/
Why this is important to folks opposing nuclear weapons and power:
“With fossil fuels, essentially what you are doing is taking an underground
radioactive reservoir and bringing it up to the surface where it can interact
with people and the environment.”
“Almost all materials of interest and use to the petroleum industry contain
measurable quantities of radionuclides that reside finally in process equipment,
product streams, or waste.”
Readings:
Thursday July 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm: Book event at Society of the Muse of the
Southwest (SOMOS) in Taos, NM. Hosted by New Energy Economy and other groups.
Friday July 12 at 6 pm: Book event at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM,
hosted by New Energy Economy, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth
Guardians, NM No False Solutions.
Saturday July 13 at 6 pm: Book event at Center for Peace & Justice in
Albuquerque, NM, hosted by New Energy Economy, Center for Biological Diversity,
WildEarth Guardians, NM No False Solutions.
5. Thursday, July 18th 5 to 7 pm – KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility Project – KAFB
Groundwater Treatment System facility open house and site tours of the
facility. For additional information on this event, please contact 377th
Air Base Wing/Public Affairs at (505) 846-5991 or by email – pa@us.af.mil.
Also, community members may review Air Force Environmental Restoration Program
documents by visiting the Kirtland AFB website at
https://www.kirtland.af.mil/Home/Environment/ or the U.S. Air Force Civil
Engineer Center Administrative Record website at
http://afcec.publicadmin-record.us.afmil/Search.aspx.
6. Save the Date! Monday, July 22nd – DOE HQ event with Candice Robertson,
Environmental Management (EM-1), and Jill Hruby, NNSA Administrator, similar
to April 4th, 2023 event at Santa Fe Community Convention Center. We’ll
post information as we receive it.
7. Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th – NM Water Quality Control
Commission public hearing about reuse of fracking “produced water” waste
continues. https://www.defendnmwater.org/
URANIUM AND THE GRAND CANYON – A CALL TO CLOSE AND CLEANUP THE PINYON PLAINS
URANIUM MINE
June 27th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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One of the most beautiful and majestic sights is found by looking across and
down into the Grand Canyon at the spread of the red walls, the patches of green
and the glorious Colorado River. All of this is threatened by an exemption from
a federal law banning uranium mining in the watershed that feeds the complex
river system. Uranium mining is allowed on U.S. Forest Service lands where the
Pinyon Plains Uranium Mine is located less than ten miles from the Grand
Canyon’s south rim. https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/grand-canyon-uranium
In December 2023, the Pinyon Plains Uranium Mine, formerly called the Canyon
Mine, began mining operations. The owner of the mine, Energy Fuels Inc., plans
to begin transporting extracted uranium 300 miles across the Navajo Nation to
the corporation’s White Mesa Uranium Mill in southeast Utah.
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/white-mesa-uranium-mill and
https://www.energyfuels.com/
Tribes and others in this large area know little about the corporation’s plans
for transporting the dangerous materials. The federal and state agencies have
done little, or none, of the required consultation with the tribes and
communities about the transportation plans. The corporation has brought the
threat of harm while ignoring its responsibilities to consult with those who
want to keep their families safe. See links to the Uranium and the Grand Canyon
panel conversation below.
The Navajo Nation passed a law against the transport of uranium across its
lands.
https://opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/President-Nygren-signs-uranium-legislation-for-April-30.pdf
It is unknown what the Nation will do when the first load leaves the mine. It
is irresponsible to mine, let alone transport uranium ore through the Grand
Canyon Watershed when we have already experienced the harm done to all living
beings by decades of uranium mining.
A recent mapping project by Stanford University shows about 23,000 abandoned
uranium mines across the country. One must question beginning a new round of
uranium mining when closure and cleanup of previous mining efforts have not been
done. As a result, water continues to be contaminated.
New groundwater scientific studies reveal what Peoples living in and around the
Grand Canyon know: that the high interconnectivity of the groundwater systems
makes uranium mining not only risky, but extremely risky.
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/uranium-mining-near-grand-canyon-too-risky-research-shows
and
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/flooding-uranium-mine-near-grand-canyon-tops-66-million-gallons
To learn more, watch the June 27, 2024 Uranium and the Grand Canyon panel
conversation with a tribal leader, a health professional, an activist, and a
former uranium miner.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-3&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-3&hspart=iba&p=kjzz+news&type=teff_10019_FFW_ZZ#id=3&vid=9775763ef083421924a855a8b7311be1&action=view
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren provided an opening message.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-3&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-3&hspart=iba&p=kjzz+news&type=teff_10019_FFW_ZZ#id=2&vid=9d88817057e55e3bb6c9803bc3b59c88&action=click
Gabriel Pietrorazio, of KJZZ News, hosted the event. He is a national
award-winning tribal natural resources reporter. Pietrorazio’s most recent
article about these issues:
https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-06-27/inside-pinyon-plain-mine-the-grand-canyon-uranium-dispute-from-two-points-of-view
Take action by going to the Grand Canyon Trust website to sign the petition to
close and clean up the Canyon Mine, which was recently renamed the Pinyon Plains
Uranium Mine. https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/take-action
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1. Friday, June 28th at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New
Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others.
2. Monday, July 1, 2024 from 10 am to 11:30 am Mountain Time – Physicists
Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction webinar, Understanding the New
Nuclear Arms Race: Views from Washington, Moscow and Beijing. The webinar
delves into the multifaceted dimensions of the contemporary nuclear arms
race, offering in-depth analyses from three of the world’s nuclear powers,
their motivations, defense policies and diplomatic postures providing the
audience with a comprehensive understanding of each nation’s policies and
perspective. Speakers include: Sharon Weiner, Associate Professor,
American University; Dr. Timur Kadyshev, Senior Researcher, Institute for
Peace Research and Security Policy; Dr. Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace; and Dr. Zia Mian (moderator), Princeton
Program on Science and Global Security.
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tTNNZNszTdeq0VU_NRVzgQ?emci=724d8fdb-e42c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=c6795da1-e52c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=9313915#/registration
3. Saturday, July 13th from 7 am to 4 pm Red Water Pond Road Community – Church
Rock Uranium Spill Commemoration – 12 miles north of Red Rock State Park on
Highway 566 from Church Rock, NM. Bring your own chairs and
tents/umbrellas. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. All day: silent
auction, kid’s corner, and educational booths. Free t-shirt for first 150
people at event. 24 Commemoration flier
4. Sunday, July 14th at 2 pm –Interfaith Vigil Marking the Anniversary of the
Trinity Nuclear Detonation – Impacted Communities and Religious Leaders Call
for Nuclear Abolition at St. John XXIII Catholic Church, 4831 Tramway Ridge
Drive NE, Albuquerque. It is a free event featuring music, speakers,
exhibitions and moments of reflection and prayer. Pre-registration is
encouraged at jotform.com/241400030658141. The event will be livestreamed.
For more information, call the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Office of Social
Justice at 505 831-8205.
https://files.ecatholic.com/17613/documents/2024/6/240612_PR_TrinityCommemoration.pdf?t=1718216433000
5. Thursday, July 18th 5 to 7 pm – KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility Project – KAFB
Groundwater Treatment System facility open house and site tours of the
facility. For additional information on this event, please contact 377th
Air Base Wing/Public Affairs at (505) 846-5991 or by email – pa@us.af.mil.
Also, community members may review Air Force Environmental Restoration Program
documents by visiting the Kirtland AFB website at
https://www.kirtland.af.mil/Home/Environment/ or the U.S. Air Force Civil
Engineer Center Administrative Record website at
http://afcec.publicadmin-record.us.afmil/Search.aspx.
6. Save the Date! Monday, July 22nd – DOE HQ event with Candice Robertson,
Environmental Management (EM-1), and Jill Hruby, NNSA Administrator, similar
to April 4th, 2023 event at Santa Fe Community Convention Center. We’ll
post information as we receive it.
7. Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th – NM Water Quality Control
Commission public hearing about reuse of fracking “produced water” waste
continues. https://www.defendnmwater.org/
THERE ARE 91.4 BILLION THINGS OTHER THAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT MONEY COULD BUY
June 20th, 2024 in Action Alerts / Events / Weekly News Updates
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Nuclear weapons programs divert public funds from health care, education,
disaster relief and other vital humanitarian services. The nuclear-armed
countries spent over $91.4 billion on their arsenals in 2023. At the same time,
the corporations fabricating these weapons of mass destruction and their
investors made billions in profit annually.
On Monday, June 17th, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(ICAN) released its fifth annual report on global nuclear weapons spending. The
report, entitled “Surge: 2023 Global nuclear weapons spending,” shows that
$10.7 billion more was spent on nuclear weapons in 2023 than in 2022. The
report covers how the nuclear weapons industry buys influence by financing think
tanks, hiring lobbyists, and holding high-level meetings with government
officials.
https://www.icanw.org/global_nuclear_weapons_spending_surges_to_91_4_billion
An international campaign with one clear message: “No Money for Nuclear
Weapons” will launch on Monday, September 16th through Sunday, September 22nd.
Please plan to join in the activities or create your own local event. Visit the
ICAN website week of action page and be sure to sign up to receive updates.
https://www.icanw.org/global_week_of_action_on_nuclear_spending
As mentioned above, in 2023, the nine nuclear-armed states spent a combined
total of $91.4 billion on their arsenals, which is equivalent to $174,000 per
minute. The nine nuclear-armed states are: China, France, India, Israel, North
Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The U.S share of total spending, at $51.5 billion, is more than all the other
nuclear-armed countries put together. The next biggest spender in 2023 was
China at $11.8 billion, followed by Russia at $8.3 billion. The United
Kingdom’s spending was up significantly for the second year in a row with a 17
percent increase to $8.1 billion. In the last five years, $387 billion has been
spent on nuclear weapons globally.
In the last five years, the budget for nuclear weapons fabrication at Los Alamos
National Laboratory (LANL) has nearly doubled from over $2.2 billion in fiscal
year 2020 to $4 billion in fiscal year 2024 – an increase of over $1.7 billion.
At the same time, New Mexico ranks 50th in child well-being and 50th in
education.
https://nukewatch.org/resources-and-information/economic-information/
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, a report co-author, noted: “The acceleration of spending
on these inhumane and destructive weapons over the past five years is not
improving global security but posing a global threat.”
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1. Friday, June 21st at noon – Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, Pax
Christi and others.
2. Monday, May 20th – PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO THURSDAY, JUNE 20th,
2024 – to EPA about its proposed rule allowing open burning / open
detonation of hazardous wastes. Use Earthjustice’s Action Alert to Ban the
Practice of Open Burning and Open Detonation of Hazardous Wastes at:
https://earthjustice.org/action/ban-the-practice-of-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-hazardous-wastes
See the May 2nd Update for more information:
http://nuclearactive.org/public-comments-needed-to-ban-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-pfas-toxic-and-carcinogenic-explosive-materials/
3. Saturday and Sunday, June 22 – 23 – Third Annual Virtual 24-Hour Long PEACE
WAVE. At a time when RIMPAC war rehearsals will be going on in the Pacific
and just prior to protests of NATO’s meeting in Washington, DC in July, the
International Peace Bureau and World BEYOND WAR will produce the 24-hour
long PEACE WAVE. It will include live video from activities around the
globe – and recently recorded video with the participants on zoom for Q&A
during the last ten minutes of each hour. You will be able to view rallies,
concerts, production of artworks, blood drives, installation of peace poles,
dances, speeches, banner drops, and public demonstrations of all varieties.
https://worldbeyondwar.org/wave/
4. Monday, July 1, 2024 from 10 am to 11:30 am Mountain Time – Physicists
Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction webinar, Understanding the New
Nuclear Arms Race: Views from Washington, Moscow and Beijing. The webinar
delves into the multifaceted dimensions of the contemporary nuclear arms
race, offering in-depth analyses from three of the world’s nuclear powers,
their motivations, defense policies and diplomatic postures providing the
audience with a comprehensive understanding of each nation’s policies and
perspective. Speakers include: Sharon Weiner, Associate Professor,
American University; Dr. Timur Kadyshev, Senior Researcher, Institute for
Peace Research and Security Policy; Dr. Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace; and Dr. Zia Mian (moderator), Princeton
Program on Science and Global Security.
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tTNNZNszTdeq0VU_NRVzgQ?emci=724d8fdb-e42c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=c6795da1-e52c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=9313915#/registration
5. Saturday, July 13th from 7 am to 4 pm Red Water Pond Road Community – Church
Rock Uranium Spill Commemoration – 12 miles north of Red Rock State Park on
Highway 566 from Church Rock, NM. Bring your own chairs and
tents/umbrellas. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. All day: silent
auction, kid’s corner, and educational booths. Free t-shirt for first 150
people at event. 24 Commemoration flier
6. Sunday, July 14th at 2 pm –Interfaith Vigil Marking the Anniversary of the
Trinity Nuclear Detonation – Impacted Communities and Religious Leaders Call
for Nuclear Abolition at St. John XXIII Catholic Church, 4831 Tramway Ridge
Drive NE, Albuquerque. It is a free event featuring music, speakers,
exhibitions and moments of reflection and prayer. Pre-registration is
encouraged at jotform.com/241400030658141. The event will be livestreamed.
For more information, call the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Office of Social
Justice at 505 831-8205.
https://files.ecatholic.com/17613/documents/2024/6/240612_PR_TrinityCommemoration.pdf?t=1718216433000
7. Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th – NM Water Quality Control
Commission public hearing about reuse of fracking “produced water” waste
continues. https://www.defendnmwater.org/
DANIEL ELLSBERG WEEK JUNE 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH – A WEEK OF EDUCATION AND ACTION
TO HONOR PEACEMAKING AND WHISTLEBLOWING
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Daniel Ellsberg was a nuclear war planner – his plans are still in use today in
the United States. He has provided a stark warning about the dangers of nuclear
weapons and above all the intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs and his
work is being acknowledged this week. Join in virtual and live activities.
In 1971, Ellsberg became a whistleblower by giving the 7,000-page Pentagon
Papers to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the New York Times, the
Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg’s subsequent trial on twelve
felony counts, posing a possible sentence of 115 years, was dismissed in 1973 on
grounds of governmental misconduct against him, leading to the convictions of
several White House aides and figuring in the impeachment proceedings against
President Richard M. Nixon.
Ellsberg was a lecturer, scholar, writer and activist on the dangers of the
nuclear era, wrongful U.S. interventions and the urgent need for principled
whistleblowing until his death on June 16, 2023. Today, many people around the
world are carrying on his legacy as a voice of reason in a nuclear weapons-armed
world by working to end the threat of nuclear weapons and redirecting those
funds to human needs.
All this week, live and virtual events are taking place, including webinars
about the danger and cost of ICBMs; actions to divest Philadelphia from nuclear
weapons; celebrations of Ellsberg’s legacy with Veterans for Peace in Seattle;
and of his work to stop the doomsday machine. Monthly live events are scheduled
to protest the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Ellsberg worked to educate that ICBMs are the single greatest nuclear weapons
threat in our world today. The U.S. is in the process of replacing its ICBMs.
The program is already nearly 40 percent over budget.
He said, “When I say that there is a step that could reduce the risk of nuclear
war significantly that has not been taken but could easily be taken, that is the
elimination of American ICBMs.”
Join with RootsAction Education Fund https://rootsaction.org/education-fund and
The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy https://www.eipad.org/ to get
the word out about Ellsberg’s work and the threat of ICBMs.
More information and social media posts you can use are available on the Defuse
Nuclear War website. https://defusenuclearwar.org/ellsberg/ There you will find
six podcasts with Ellsberg, directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich. The
series explores the dangers of nuclear weapons and the politics that drive their
existence by a former nuclear war planner.
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1. Friday, June 14th at noon –Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, Pax
Christi and others.
2. Wednesday, June 19th at 6 pm – Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice – A
talk by Koohan Paik-Mander about The inherent fascism of algorithms … & the
militarization of society. https://www.abqpeaceandjustice.org/events
3. Monday, May 20th – PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO THURSDAY, JUNE 20th,
2024 – to EPA about its proposed rule allowing open burning / open
detonation of hazardous wastes. Use Earthjustice’s Action Alert to Ban the
Practice of Open Burning and Open Detonation of Hazardous Wastes at:
https://earthjustice.org/action/ban-the-practice-of-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-hazardous-wastes
See the May 2nd Update for more information:
http://nuclearactive.org/public-comments-needed-to-ban-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-pfas-toxic-and-carcinogenic-explosive-materials/
4. Saturday and Sunday, June 22 – 23 – Third Annual Virtual 24-Hour Long PEACE
WAVE. At a time when RIMPAC war rehearsals will be going on in the Pacific
and just prior to protests of NATO’s meeting in Washington, DC in July, the
International Peace Bureau and World BEYOND WAR will produce the 24-hour
long PEACE WAVE. It will include live video from activities around the
globe – and recently recorded video with the participants on zoom for Q&A
during the last ten minutes of each hour. You will be able to view rallies,
concerts, production of artworks, blood drives, installation of peace poles,
dances, speeches, banner drops, and public demonstrations of all varieties.
https://worldbeyondwar.org/wave/
5. Monday, July 1st – Friday, July 5th (no hearing on Th. July 4th) RESCHEDULED
TO AUGUST 5th – 9th– NM Water Quality Control Commission public hearing
about reuse of fracking waste continues.
https://www.defendnmwater.org/post/hearing-extended-into-july-so-far-fracking-waste-reuse-looks-as-risky-as-we-thought
6. June 17th to 24th – MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 16th to 22nd – Global Week of Action
– No Money for Nuclear Weapons, by the International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Join the efforts to push back against the
unacceptable squandering of vast sums of money on weapons of mass
destruction ($82.9 billion in 2022).
https://www.icanw.org/global_week_of_action_on_nuclear_spending
LOS ALAMOS POWER POOL PLANNING FOR TWO NEW ELECTRICAL LINES
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It was announced at the June 5th Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities
meeting that there are two proposals to bring approximately 50 or more megawatts
of solar electricity to the County and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), a
federal Department of Energy (DOE) facility. One of the County’s goals is to
develop and strengthen partnerships with Jemez Pueblo and Pueblo de San
Ildefonso in their efforts to develop solar farms.
https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx , Agenda Packet No. 18773-24
“Presentation and Review of Distributed Generation Impacts.”
Last year, LANL proposed to construct a second 14-mile long, 115-kilovolt
electrical line to mirror the existing line across the Caja del Rio in Santa Fe
County, the Rio Grande and the Pajarito Plateau to bring 173 megawatts of
electricity to LANL for its supercomputers. LANL also proposed upgrades to
substations and infrastructure across the Plateau. A public review and comment
period was provided on a draft environmental assessment as required by the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Many of the thousands of comments
asked for a full environmental impact statement. LANL has not announced any
decision as of yet.
http://nuclearactive.org/february-15th-public-meeting-about-the-proposed-lanl-electrical-line-across-the-caja-del-rio/
Importantly, since 1985, Los Alamos County and LANL have pooled their power
resources through an Electric Energy and Coordination Agreement, also known as
the Los Alamos Power Pool, or LAPP. Generally LANL consumes about 80 percent of
the total energy produced or purchased by the LAPP.
https://www.losalamosnm.us/News-articles/New-Solar-and-Battery-Contracts-Set-to-Double-Clean-Electricity-Supply
One of the County’s future energy goals is to upgrade the electric supply and
distribution system. To meet these goals, the County now is proposing to
conduct an Electric System Power Study to determine future system requirements.
https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx , Agenda Packet No. 18773-24
“Presentation and Review of Distributed Generation Impacts.”
NOW, through the Power Pool, there is a need for a study. This was not the case
during the NEPA process for the proposed electrical line across the Caja del
Rio. LANL did not describe the need for the 173 megawatts.
During the environmental assessment public process, the Power Pool obtained 170
megawatts from a project in San Juan County, called the Foxtail Flats Solar and
Battery Energy Storage System.
http://nuclearactive.org/los-alamos-county-moves-forward-with-solar-power-through-proposed-electrical-line-across-the-caja-del-rio/
Another County goal is “to develop and strengthen partnerships with
stakeholders.” The objective is “to continue to coordinate infrastructure
construction projects as early as possible between DOE, San Ildefonso Pueblo,
Department of Public Utilities and Public Works, especially for communications
infrastructure.” The action is to “cooperate with DOE on a third transmission
line and Partner with the Jemez Pueblo to develop a new power source into Los
Alamos.” https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx , Agenda Packet No.
18773-24 “Presentation and Review of Distributed Generation Impacts.”
There was discussion during the June 5th meeting, which can be viewed soon on
the County’s website.
https://losalamos.granicus.com/ViewSearchResults.php?view_id=2&keywords=Board%20of%20Public%20Utilities
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1. Friday, June 7th at noon –Join the weekly peaceful protest for nuclear
disarmament on the four corners of Alameda and Sandoval in downtown Santa Fe
with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, Pax
Christi and others.
2. Wednesday, June 19th at 6 pm – Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice – A
talk by Koohan Paik-Mander about The inherent fascism of algorithms … & the
militarization of society. https://www.abqpeaceandjustice.org/events
3. Monday, May 20th – PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO THURSDAY, JUNE 20th,
2024 – to EPA about its proposed rule allowing open burning / open
detonation of hazardous wastes. Use Earthjustice’s Action Alert to Ban the
Practice of Open Burning and Open Detonation of Hazardous Wastes at:
https://earthjustice.org/action/ban-the-practice-of-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-hazardous-wastes
See the May 2nd Update for more information:
http://nuclearactive.org/public-comments-needed-to-ban-open-burning-and-open-detonation-of-pfas-toxic-and-carcinogenic-explosive-materials/
4. Monday, July 1st – Friday, July 5th (no hearing on Th. July 4th) RESCHEDULED
TO AUGUST 5th – 9th– NM Water Quality Control Commission public hearing
about reuse of fracking waste continues.
https://www.defendnmwater.org/post/hearing-extended-into-july-so-far-fracking-waste-reuse-looks-as-risky-as-we-thought
5. June 17th to 24th – MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 16th to 22nd – Global Week of Action
– No Money for Nuclear Weapons, by the International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Join the efforts to push back against the
unacceptable squandering of vast sums of money on weapons of mass
destruction ($82.9 billion in 2022).
https://www.icanw.org/global_week_of_action_on_nuclear_spending
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